What exactly cuases the hazing/oxidation I have seen on my black Mustang GT? Was it factory overspray? Can it be caused by an automatic car wash?

Yeah I know, supposed to do it all by hand. Well I do at least do the waxing/buffing (McGuires Gold Class) and constantly keep it nice between washes (every weekend) with McGuires detail spray and a California Duster. The white/greyish oxidation/haze areas are only visible during direct sunlight and under other lighting conditions. The paint is a bit rougher around them.

As per the posts I read on the Mustang boards I took a Mother's Clay Bar to it today. That certainly works to clean the haze areas up but was/is alot of work and doesn't do as good a job as I would have thought after reading the posts. Next I tried KIT Scratch Out Scratch & Haze Remover. This is one awesome, awesome product. Apply it as you would a wax, buff it off - no real effort is needed, and haze/oxidation areas are gone with the paint looking beautifull as it should. I cleaned up the hazey areas with that today then used the orbital buffer to apply another coat of Gold Class and buff it - she's looking sharp now. Though that black mirror wet wax look actually works like a wet wax, every darn dust particle within 100 miles is automatically drawn to the car! Grrrr.... Black is beautifull but a pain in the hiney.

Earl

 

10-4, black is a big pain in the hiney.

I'm having pretty good result with Dri-Wash, but I haven't been using it long enough to swear by it yet. I tell you one thing, you really can just wipe it down with a wet rag and quickly towell it dry to get it looking beautiful again after some rain.. this might be "the real deal".. we'll see. Maybe give it a try...costs about $40 for a big bottle and sprayer so not too big a gamble.

 

Black is a PITA to maintain, but it is my favorite car color despite the extra maintenance.

I have used a Mother's clay bar in the past, but the Clay Magic bar is easier to use, and was less likely to leave clay residue on the car if you pressed too hard.

There is another topic from Obleedingme about this same problem on his black car from a few days ago. I'd do a search for it.

You mentioned an automatic car wash. I hope it doesn't have any brushes. I prefer spray washes, if you're going to use an auto wash, but hand washing is preferred.

 

I have "haze" in a few areas and that is from factory so I need to buff that out still. Black is a pita to maintain, that is why I didn't buy black this time. You need to wax it a lot, but you mentioned automatic car washes. The brushless kind I hope. If they use brushes you may as well give up on never having swirl marks, haze or spiderwebbing.

 

I had a black car for my first car and i feel for ya .It almost seemed like by the time I had waxed the front and finnished waxing the car at the back end it was covered in dust at the front end .Everything shows up in black ....but when it's done right man is it hot!!

 

I thought there was a tsb on some paint issue, acidic something or other. You may want to look into it, to see if thats whats going on.

 

I thought there was a tsb on some paint issue, acidic something or other. You may want to look into it, to see if thats whats going on.

 

Thanks, whatever it is/was it's gone now. Earl